From the Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad,
vide letter ROC.No.1013/SO/2014, dated: 19-9-2014.

From the Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad,
vide letter ROC.No.1013/SO/2014, dated:27-12-2015.

ORDER :

1.In the letter 2nd and 3rd read above, the Registrar General, High Court of Judicature
at Hyderabad has informed that the Rule Committee of the Hon’ble Judges have considered
and proposed to amend rule 316 under part-II (Civil Procedure Mediation Rules, 2005) of
Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1980 and the same was accepted by the Hon’ble
Full Court and requested the State Government of Telangana to amend the said Rules and
publish the same in the Extraordinary issue of the State Gazette so as to enable the Registry
to take further action in the matter. 2.The Government after careful examination of the matter have decided to amend the
rules as proposed.
3. Accordingly, the following Notification will be published in an extraordinary issue of
the Telangana Gazette dated:16-06-2016.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 227 of the Constitution of India r/w
section 127 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act No.5 of 1908) and with the
previous approval of the Government of Telangana as required under section 126 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad hereby makes the
following amendments to the Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1980 as amended
from time to time.

AMENDMENTS

In the Civil Rules of Practice and Circular Orders, 1980, in Part-II (Civil Procedure
Mediation Rules, 2005) in rule 316 (Qualifications of persons to be Empanelled under rule
315),-
(1) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted namely:-
“Legal Practitioner with at least seven years standing at the Bar at the level of
the Supreme Court or the High Court; or the District Courts or Courts of
equivalent status.”
(2) after clause (d), the following clause shall be added namely:-
“(e), The Mediator who have undergone training programme conducted in
accordance with the curriculum approved by Mediation and Conciliation Project
Committee of India (MCPC) shall alone be accredited as Mediator”.